Recipe: Frijoles de Olla
From the Back to Basics article in the May 2017 issue. Frijoles de Olla Serves 6 to 8 Bolitos, Anasazis, favas—any of these beans can be simmered simply in salted water with tasty results. For pintos…
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Posts From: May 2016
Recipe: Calabacitas
From the Back to Basics article in the May 2017 issue. Calabacitas Serves 6 In high summer in New Mexico, people eat this sauté by the bowlful. The preparation for calabacitas is fast, easy, and…
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Recipe: Posole
From the Back to Basics article in the May 2017 issue. Posole Serves 8 or more As one of the trinity of special summer crops, corn is occasionally eaten in New Mexico in ways familiar to other…
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Recipe: Flour Tortillas
From the Back to Basics article in the May 2017 issue. Flour Tortillas Makes about 8 tortillas, approximately 7 to 8 inches in diameter In Southwest culinary circles, flour tortillas are most closely…
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From "Primitive Skies: A Glimpse into the Historic Old Indian Pueblos of NM from an Airplane"
The Río Chama just as it enters the Española Valley, before the confluence with the Río Grande. Shot from an ultralight aircraft. MAY 1932 From “Primitive Skies: A Glimpse into the Historic Old…
Read MoreOne of Our 50 Is Missing | May 2016
BOTTLED UP Renee Finn, a Tucumcari native, wanted to send Christmas gifts back home from her current residence in Watertown, New York. When she asked an employee at a local winery whether they could…
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Cuentos y Querencia
Holy Thursday, El Santuario de Chimayó, 1982. From Look into My Eyes: Nuevomexicanos por Vida, ’81–’83. INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE is common enough among New Mexicans, like the smell of fresh…
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Creator of Creators
Above: Nicolai Fechin, Portrait of Mabel Dodge Luhan,c. 1927, oil on canvas, the Anschutz Collection. WHEN MABEL DODGE LUHAN died, in 1962, Taos and America paid little attention. However famous and…
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The Discovery of a Lifetime
Above: Katherine Wells atop rock-art-rich Mesa Prieta. AS SHE RODE WITH her real estate agent past black boulders and juniper trees, Katherine Wells was so weary of searching for a new place to call…
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